Sanitize vs AdBlocker Ultimate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sanitize
This app enhances mobile browsing by blocking intrusive ads, tracking scripts, and pop-ups. It speeds up page loading, conserves mobile data by preventing ad images from downloading, and cleans up cluttered web pages. Users can customize their experience with whitelisting options.
- Blocks ads and tracking scripts
- Saves mobile data
- Hides ad white space
- Removes social share buttons
- Customizable whitelisting
- Supports select ad networks
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Sanitize is a powerful and efficient ad-blocker. It blocks ads, tracking scripts, social share buttons, pop-ups, and other annoyances from websites you visit. Sanitize makes your mobile browsing experience faster, and leaves you with more data at the end of the month. Features: • Blocks ads and tracking scripts with an extensive and regularly-updated list. • Saves mobile data by preventing large ad images from ever loading. • Hides the wasted white space behind ads. • Removes annoying social share buttons. • Full custom whitelist support, so you can support the sites you love. • Whitelist of high-quality ad networks — if you want to support independent blogs and websites, but still block annoying ads everywhere else, you can allow only ads from networks that serve small, unobtrusive ads.
AdBlocker Ultimate
This app enhances your Safari browsing experience by blocking all types of advertisements, including banners, pop-ups, and video pre-rolls. It also prevents tracking scripts and malware domains from loading, resulting in faster page speeds and reduced data usage.
- Block ads, trackers, and malware domains
- Multiple content blocker categories
- Domain whitelist for supported sites
- Filter management for active categories
- Guided setup for Safari integration
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AdBlocker Ultimate removes all ads from Safari - banners, pop-ups, video pre-rolls, and tracking scripts. No "acceptable ads," no exceptions. Just a clean, fast browsing experience. HOW IT WORKS AdBlocker Ultimate provides Safari content blockers that run natively on iOS. Ads are blocked before they load, so pages load faster and use less data. FEATURES - Block ads, trackers, and malware domains across Safari - Multiple content blockers: Ads, Tracking, Security, and Annoyances — each with its own rule set for maximum coverage - Domain whitelist: temporarily allow ads on sites you want to support - Filter management: choose which filter categories are active - Guided setup: step-by-step instructions to enable content blockers in Safari settings - DNS Protection: block ads and trackers system-wide (Premium) - Custom filter rules and third-party filter lists (Premium) Free core protection with optional Premium upgrade. 7-day free trial included. PRIVACY FIRST AdBlocker Ultimate never sees your browsing data. Safari content blockers are enforced by iOS itself — the app has no access to page content or browsing history. GETTING STARTED 1. Open AdBlocker Ultimate 2. Follow the "How to Enable" guide to turn on content blockers in Safari settings 3. Browse the web ad-free Questions or feedback? Visit adblockultimate.net Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://adblockultimate.net/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sanitize at 74% against AdBlocker Ultimate's 28%. Sanitize also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 61 months). AdBlocker Ultimate's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Sanitize sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and AdBlocker Ultimate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sanitize holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sanitize has 207 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Sanitize's written reviews are positive against 28% of AdBlocker Ultimate's.
Sanitize ships an update every 6 weeks, AdBlocker Ultimate every 61 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sanitize | AdBlocker Ultimate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (207 ratings) — better | 3.7 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.3% of reviews — better | 28.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 207 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 61 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Henry Lee | AdAvoid OOD |
Customer experience
Sanitize
AdBlocker Ultimate
User reviews
Sanitize
From 207 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Blocks ads effectively
- 🚀 Fast loading pages
- 👍 Free to use with optional support
- 👍 Doesn't break websites
- 👍 Works well on macOS
Room to improve
- 🐛 Report problems button doesn't work
- 🐛 Doesn't block all ads
- 🐛 Doesn't work with YouTube
- 🐛 Doesn't work with video ads
- 🐛 Increases stored cookies
AdBlocker Ultimate
From 15 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Blocks ads effectively
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🔒 Enhances privacy and security
- 💡 Custom filters available
- 🚀 Faster browsing experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't block ads on certain websites/apps
- 🐛 Causes issues with webpage loading
- 🐛 Stops working after updates
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Bugs and requests
Sanitize
Reported bugs
5 issues- Report problems button doesn't work
- Doesn't work with YouTube
- Doesn't work with video ads
- Increases stored cookies
- Stopped working for some users
Requested features
6 requests- Add a blacklist feature
- Add a whitelist feature
- Add DNS configurations and ability to add/edit other DNS addresses
- Add Safari share menu option to whitelist or blacklist sites
- Add whitelist websites option in Safari extension
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- Block advertisements on mobile applications
AdBlocker Ultimate
Reported bugs
3 issues- Constant error messages when trying to enable
- Crashes on launch for some users
- Fails to load filters for Safari
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to block YouTube ads
- Support for more browsers/apps
- More detailed filter management options
In-app purchases
Sanitize
- Silver Supporter Package$0.99
- Gold Supporter Package$1.99
- Platinum Supporter Package$3.99
AdBlocker Ultimate
- AdBlocker Ultimate Yearly$9.991 Year
Questions
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